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“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Johns Hopkins University geneticists and a small army of researchers across the country, including students, are working to catalog the vast and largely unknown soil microbiome of the United States.

Pioneering soil scientist Lorna Dawson has been made a Dame Commander (DBE) in the 2026 New Year Honours List. Professor Dawson, of the James Hutton ...

Soil scientist Andrew Margenot holds a jar of soil gathered from Menard County, Illinois in 1948. The University of Illinois professor said he rediscovered the "church of soil" when searching an old ...

The crunch of a plow tearing through rich, dark soil has long been the anthem of gardeners and farmers gearing up for a new ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—An agronomy student in Mississippi State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been awarded the university’s W.B. Andrews Endowment for Soil Science graduate fellowship.

Harvard researchers argue California should lower its cleanup goal for lead in soil from 80 milligrams per kilogram to 55 mg/kg. The scientists contend the state’s number is based on outdated science.

Dirt, or soil, doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But it’s the foundation of most food production. Ideally, the dirt in your garden or raised beds should provide your plants with everything they ...

Soil is like the earth's skin — a protective layer that makes up a complex ecosystem. That skin, which supports all life on Earth, is under threat, with scientists from a new global think tank warning ...

COP30 was expected to be a nature and implementation summit, but the negotiations in Belém have revealed a deeper structural tension. Implementation and finance may headline the agenda, but a deeper ...